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K-T extinction event
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Cretaceous-Tertiary_extinction_event
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K/T extinction event
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K
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T
extinction
event
The rapid dying off of a large percentage of all animal species in a comparatively short period of time 65.5 million years ago. This coincides with the end of the
Cretaceous
period, and may have been caused by an
impact
event.
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K-T boundary